About Oda Suemaru
Lived 1866 – 1871 (aged 5). Oda Suemaru was a Japanese samurai.
Viscount was the fourth daimyō of the tozama feudal domain of Tendō, in Dewa Province, northern Japan.
Family. Oda Suemaru was a direct descendant of Oda Nobunaga, through Nobunaga's son Oda Nobukatsu. Suemaru was born as the sixth son of Oda Nobumichi (the 2nd Lord Tendō).
Life In December 1868, while Suemaru was still in an infant his brother, Oda Nobutoshi (the 3rd Lord Tendō) was placed under house arrest and ordered to retire due to his involvement in the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei rebellion of northern domains against the Meiji government during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration.
Nobutoshi was allowed to return to Tendō in July 1869. In the interim, Suemaru was given the title of “domain governor”, the title of daimyō had been replaced by the new government; Soon after Nobutoshi's return to Tendō, he replaced Suemaru as governor and final lord of Tendō.
Suemaru died at the age of six, and his grave is at the Buddhist temple of Korin-ji in Bunkyō, Tokyo.
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Who was Oda Suemaru?
Daimyo of the Tendō Domain
When was Oda Suemaru born?
Oda Suemaru was born on 5 April 1866.
When did Oda Suemaru die?
Oda Suemaru died on 26 June 1871.
What was Oda Suemaru's occupation?
Oda Suemaru was a samurai.
What nationality was Oda Suemaru?
Oda Suemaru was Japanese.
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